Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) on Friday said it plans to sell 9 percent of Vinamilk, the country's biggest listed firm, on Dec. 12 on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, 10 days later that previously planned.

After listing the đồng/dollar exchange rate at the cap regulated by the central bank yesterday, commercial banks this morning lowered their rate, in the wake of an affirmation from the central bank to be ready to sell the dollar to intervene in the forex market.

As per the People’s Committee in Ho Chi Minh City, one of major duty of agencies and departments is project implementation of pilot markets to sell safe food and safe food chains aiming to provide a closed food supply chains from farm, slaughter to processing and selling.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has not yet completed talks to sell its ownership in the Hà Nội Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Habeco) to the Danish brewer Carlsberg, according to officials.

ANZ recently announced it would strengthen its focus on running a world class Institutional Bank in a number of countries in Asia following an agreement to sell its Retail and Wealth business units in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Indonesia to Singapore’s DBS Bank.